Martha Roby: “I thank the gentlelady from Tennessee for your leadership tonight on this most important and timely subject. And to the…”

“I thank the gentlelady from Tennessee for your leadership tonight on this most important and timely subject. And to the gentleman from Georgia, I appreciate all of your remarks because I do believe that we have shown through our campaign promises that we were going to put forth legislation that's not just commonsensical, but that all Americans have the ability to digest and understand in a way that gives them the ability to provide feedback to us as Members of Congress as to what makes sense and what they are for and what they're not for. The 3-day rule that we implemented certainly has provided us with an opportunity to give our constituents time to learn. So we're not finding ourselves in the same situation as they were in the previous Congress with this massive health care law. I'm proud to say that one of our first votes in Congress was to repeal this law in its entirety. Most of us can agree that this law has very little to do with commonsense health care reform, but that it translates into substantial costs, well over $500 billion that has to be paid by hardworking, tax- paying Americans. I would think that if this room was filled with colleagues from this side of the aisle and the other, that what we could all nod and agree upon is that we need health care in this country, that it's more accessible and more affordable. We just have different ways of getting there.…”